Brad Werner, Sharon Fireman and Erick Mueller at the Weizmann workshop

Deming Center offers dose of innovation for ‘startup nation’

Nov. 21, 2022

A team of entrepreneurship experts visited Israel to help scientists and researchers recognize breakthrough ideas.

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‘Sleep Fairies’ complete a successful summer fellowship

Nov. 21, 2022

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s Sleep and Development Lab’s summer fellowship provides hands-on training for undergrads while furthering research for the university.

Katherin Lininger guides participants in collecting data from a fire-impacted stream

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØScience Discovery receives statewide recognition for excellence

Nov. 17, 2022

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØScience Discovery, a K–12 education outreach organization, recently received two statewide awards in recognition of its efforts and achievements in STEM and environmental education.

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Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder educators to bring climate, human rights content into classrooms

Nov. 10, 2022

At the global climate summit next month, teachers and aspiring teachers will be in the audience and working with an educator's guide created at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder to help their students understand how climate change is impacting people and communities and how they can help. Participating teachers may apply for graduate credit and a stipend—deadline Nov. 16.

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Is affirmative action in college admissions on its way out? Expert weighs in

Nov. 10, 2022

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder researcher Michele Moses talks about the future of affirmative action in higher education and how arguments around college admissions point to deeper divisions in U.S. society.

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$10.9M grant supports underrepresented Denver-metro students pursuing engineering careers

Sept. 29, 2022

A grant from the Office of Naval Research in the U.S. Department of Defense will support five Denver-metro community colleges and two universities in an initiative to increase the number of community college students who pursue engineering careers—particularly those from underrepresented populations.

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Global climate summit launches worldwide education coalition—find out how to join

Sept. 26, 2022

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder is proud to announce the launch of a worldwide education coalition in support of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit with the goal to broaden understanding of the human rights impacts of a changing global climate and galvanize people to take action.

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Video: ‘Soundscapes of the People’ explores Pueblo’s history through music

Sept. 1, 2022

The College of Music’s American Music Research Center has embarked on a research project aimed at documenting, preserving and engaging with diverse musical and cultural influences in and around Pueblo, Colorado.

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As book bans rise, former teacher argues for letting kids read

Aug. 25, 2022

As book bans rise across the country, Wendy Glenn, a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder professor and former English teacher, argues that reading books––even ones that make adults uncomfortable––is critical for the education of young people.

Wreckage of a home burned in the Marshall Fire

Promoting public impact: The Marshall Fire grants

Aug. 22, 2022

Six grants and one sponsorship have been awarded by the Office for Outreach and Engagement to support community-engaged scholarship connected to the Marshall Fire. The grants are in partnership with the Research & Innovation Office and the Natural Hazards Center.

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